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Padma Lakshmi, Food 52’s Amanda Hesser, celebrity chef Charlie Trotter and author Kathleen Collins made up a panel that recently discussed whether or not food TV does anyone any good at the “Food on the Tube: How TV Shapes the Way We Think About Food” discussion.
Sure, we need to learn to cook versus ordering out, taking out and boiling processed packaged contents in the microwave every night, but do food television programs teach or are viewers just there for entertainment?
Celebrity chef Trotter, who owns Charlie Trotter, a restaurant that features an entire vegetable menu, got his first lessons in cooking in college from reading The Vegetarian Epicure and admits, like the rest of the panel, he didn’t have anyone teaching him to cook early in life.
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PETA has announced the top vegetarian friendly major and minor league baseball stadiums for 2010.
The veggie hot dog stands at Citizen’s Bank Park were so popular, the stadium added extra lines for them, in addition to a black bean burger. Is this why the Philadelphia Phillies’ home won first place in the major leagues?
“It’s hard to say whether the Phils’ biggest off-season acquisition was ace Roy Halladay or the new faux chicken sandwich and vegan rice crispie treats offered at concession stands. Added to other meat-free fare, including veggie burgers, Southwestern black-bean burgers, veggie dogs, faux steak sandwiches, veggie chicken steaks, mock crab cakes, hummus and pita chips, and fresh fruit, Citizens Bank Park is the first undisputed dynasty in the history of PETA’s prestigious rankings.”
Makes you wanna eat there even if you hate baseball.
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“Are there moments where I’m fearful? No. I’ve been doing it all my life. It’s just like a routine kind of thing. I’ll be doing this until I die. I don’t think you really have to retire from what you do.”
—Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and star of the reality show that attempts to stop Japanese whalers from getting their yearly quota, Whale Wars, which premieres its third season on Animal Planet Friday, June 4. (LA Times)
Gervais has a little Q & A session with WSPA, where he reveals that not even Spain is into letting bulls bleed to death for entertainment. So why the heck is this still going on?
“Anyway, it’s not even that popular anymore – a survey a couple of years ago showed that 72 per cent of Spaniards have no interest in it,” Gervais told WSPA. “In Barcelona, they’ve had to cut the number of bullfights they have because audiences are getting smaller. They don’t even show it on TVE, the main public TV station in Spain! Even in Latin America it’s in decline – there’s a city in Ecuador that has publicly declared itself anti-bullfighting.”
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Lost star Jorje Garcia is saddened by the recent lost of his pet chihuahua.
While the two were at the airport, Nunn died in his arms after she was struck by a car. The actor took to his blog to relay the news.
“It breaks my heart to tell you that yesterday as we were preparing to all go to the airport Nunu was struck by a car as she crossed the street. She died in my arms.”
“We are buying her in the Pet Gardens at Valley of the Temples in Kaneohe. Nunu hated the water so we couldn’t bring ourselves to having her ashes scattered in the ocean. Three months from now you’ll be able to find a bronze plaque inscribed with just her name there. If you’d like to leave a flower or a toy, I’m sure she’d love it.”
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Celebrities are scheduled to attend the Melanie Segal Celebrity S.O.S. (Save Our Seas) Lounge in celebration of the MTV Movie Awards this Thursday and Friday in an event meant to raise awareness and raise funds for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Platinum Publicity has pledged to make donations to the relief effort for each celebrity that attends the event, and celebrities will sign various items to be auctioned off. Eric Roberts, Julie Benz, AnnaLynne McCord, Anna Kournikova, and Neal McDonough are all expected to attend.
Attendees will be treated to a variety of brands, including vegetarian friendly Stonyfield Organic Farms and One World Vegetarian.
Other celebrities expected to attend include Playboy girlfriends Bridget Marquardt and Karissa & Kristina Shannon, Cheryl Burke, Mark Ballas, Brody Jenner, Holly Montag, Stephanie Pratt, Damon Wayans, Joanna Krupa, Wayne Brady, Samantha Harris and Sasha Cohen.
The former Spice Girl reportedly sends her managers running left and right to satisfy her demands for fresh produce before each and every photo shoot gig.
An example of what Beckham requests from Gossip Center:
“Chopped fresh fruit – cut pineapple with grated lime peel, green seedless grapes, red grapes (frozen), cut-up pear with lemon juice, apples, peeled pink grapefruit, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries. Please DO NOT MIX up the fruit but keep separate.”
The pescatarian is even picky about what store things are purchased from.
Project Runway season 5 winner Leanne Marshall has designed a fashionable, edible treat that will benefit the cleanup efforts directed at the Gulf Coast oil spill.
For each month during the summer, H5O Bistro & Bar in Portland, Oregon has teamed up with local celebrities to create a sushi roll that benefits the celebrity’s charity of choice.
Marshall created a vegetarian sushi roll with cabbage salad and spicy aioli that benefits Oceana, Eater reports. The organization is the largest international one dedicated to ocean conservation.
Oceana has created a map that is regularly updated on the oil spill and the areas it affects, especially as it pertains to wildlife. Wildlife covered in oil and areas of oiled beaches are indicated, as well as the thickness of the oil in a particular area. Wildlife tracked include brown pelicans, sea turtles, and tuna.
